Updated 10:44 am, Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Senator Ted Cruz may be in the market for a new social media manager. >>See Twitter's response to the gaffe.

Senator Ted Cruz may be in the market for a new social media manager. >>See Twitter's response to the gaffe.

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Responses to Cruz's Twitter gaffe.

Responses to Cruz's Twitter gaffe.

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Responses to Cruz's Twitter gaffe.

Responses to Cruz's Twitter gaffe.

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Responses to Cruz's Twitter gaffe.

Responses to Cruz's Twitter gaffe.

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Responses to Cruz's Twitter gaffe.

Responses to Cruz's Twitter gaffe.

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Responses to Cruz's Twitter gaffe.

Responses to Cruz's Twitter gaffe.

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Responses to Cruz's Twitter gaffe.

Responses to Cruz's Twitter gaffe.

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Responses to Cruz's Twitter gaffe.

Responses to Cruz's Twitter gaffe.

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Responses to Cruz's Twitter gaffe.

Responses to Cruz's Twitter gaffe.

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Through the years there have been some pretty wild things said and done by politicians in and from Texas. Click through to see some of the worst political missteps.

Through the years there have been some pretty wild things said and done by politicians in and from Texas. Click through to see some of the worst political missteps.

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Clayton Williams on rape:

At one point in the 1990 Texas gubernatorial race, Republican Clayton Williams (right) held a 20 point lead over Democrat Ann Richards (left) in the polls. But an infamous quote by Williams on rape helped turn the tide of the race, which Richards ended up winning.

"It's like the weather: If it's inevitable, just lay back and enjoy it."

Perry was trying to remember the name of the three federal agencies he would eliminate if elected, but couldn't remember that pesky third item.

"It's three agencies of federal government, when I get there, that are gone: commerce, education and the, um, what's the third one there, let's see... I would do away with education, uh, the, uh, commerce, let's see (looks at paper). I can't name the third one, sorry. Oops."

On April 9, 1976, Ford gave tamales a try and failed: he chomped down with the corn husk wrapper still on. Oh, the shame.

U.S. President Gerald Ford eating a tamal in San Antonio:

On April 9, 1976, Ford gave tamales a try and failed: he chomped down with the corn husk wrapper still on. Oh, the shame.

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Lyndon Baines Johnson picks dog up by the ears:

In 1964 LBJ stopped on one of his customary walks to pose with his two beagles, Him and Her, and was photographed holding one of them up by the ears. The photo caused public outrage, with people calling it animal abuse.

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Debra Medina on 9/11:

2010 Republican gubernatorial candidate Debra Medina joined the Glenn Beck radio show and made headlines for her "non" stance on the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Beck asked her directly if she believed the U.S. government was involved in the 9/11 attacks, to which she replied:

"I think some very good questions have been raised in that regard. There's some very good arguments and I think the American people have not seen all the evidence there, so I've not taken a position."

In August 2013, with a family relation in jail for shoplifting, Dewhurst made a call to try and rectify the situation. While he didn't outright ask for the relative's full release, but seemed to try and use his position as lieutenant governor to secure his relative's release. Once the audio was released, his political opponents in the lieutenant governor's race pounced. Dewhurst went on to lose in the Republican primary runoff against Dan Patrick.

During the confirmation hearing for Chuck Hagel at the Senate Armed Services Committee in January 2013, only weeks into his time as Senator, Cruz went into full attack mode criticizing the nominee for defense secretary. Senior Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said Cruz' actions were "out of bounds," and Sen. John McCain of Arizona was also critical of Cruz' attacks.

Ted Cruz may be in the market for a new social media manager, an intern to blame or a new Twitter password.

The Texas Senator, who has more than three million followers on Twitter, "liked" a pornographic two-minute video clip from account @SexuallPosts. The account replied to Cruz's like with: "Thanks for watching ted!" It also updated its Twitter profile to read: "Follow for the Same Porn @TedCruz Watches."

Early Tuesday, the Twitter universe took notice and immediately slammed the conservative politician with a slew of hilarious responses for the embarrassing gaffe, which apparently happened on Monday, Sept 11 (yes, on 9/11).

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Senator Ted Cruz once tried to ban sex toys in Texas. Which is why many were very surprised to see that he apparently liked a porn video on Twitter. Josh King has the story (@abridgetoland).

A senior communications advisor to Ted Cruz wrote: "The offensive tweet posted on @tedcruz account earlier has been removed by staff and reported to Twitter."

Update: Ted Cruz told the Associated Press: "This is not how I envisioned waking up this morning. Although I will say that if I had known that this would trend so quickly, perhaps we should have posted something like this back during the Indiana primary."